“As the volume leader in merchant silicon switch-on-chip platforms, we
are enthusiastic about this new direction in containerized network
operating systems”

Containerized EOS

Arista cEOS™ introduces the containerized packaging of EOS software and
its agents for deployment in cloud infrastructure with the same proven
EOS software image that runs on all Arista products. These flexible
deployment options empower cloud network operators that are customizing
their operating environments to provide a uniform workflow for
development, testing and deployment of differentiated services. It
enables the provisioning of a robust and proven network operating system
across production and development platforms with a uniform EOS
distribution and single-image consistency.

“We are pleased that Arista’s containerized EOS BGP offering is running
on top of SONiC (software for open networking in the cloud), bolstering
our community development efforts in open networking,” said Yousef
Khalidi, Corporate Vice President of Azure Networking. “Through our work
with Arista and others in the industry, we are building a richer
ecosystem of open source networking solutions in the cloud.”

Arista EOS is now supported on a wide range of open hardware, including
three form factors: Arista’s own merchant silicon-based platforms, bare
metal switches and industry standard virtual machines or containers.

Extending Arista EOS for DevOps

Arista has extended the modern DevOps approach toward microservice
architecture and containerization to support workloads, workflows and
complex development and validation at massive scale. Since cEOS can
execute as just another container, customers can run other containerized
applications on the same platform, such as automation or monitoring
tools. Arista cEOS also extends the core EOS architecture to provide a
lightweight module for use in network modeling, development and
validation in the cloud. As virtualization did in the prior decade, this
allows developers to experience a seamless migration from development to
production, for the entire operating environment with a consistent cloud
network approach.

In addition to the introduction of cEOS running in container
environments, Arista EOS now supports the container ecosystem in the
following ways:

EOS now runs in a container on a broad range of hardware and cloud
operating platforms (NEW)

EOS supports applications running concurrently within its workspace
either in a VM, as native Linux apps or as a container

EOS supports automated discovery and provisioning of services for
container workloads running within EOS or in external containers with
Container Tracer

EOS Disaggregation with White-Box Ecosystem

Arista customers can utilize cEOS in tandem with industry standard white
box hardware and enable a wide array of tools and applications from the
container ecosystem. This marks the first software offering of EOS for
white box switches and servers. Arista cEOS is available and supported
by Arista on disaggregated hardware from a broad vendor ecosystem.

Arista EOS is a purpose-built software stack that has been deployed and
proven in most of the world’s largest data center and cloud-scale
networks. The rich EOS software suite – including a resilient network
wide state-driven NetDB architecture, CloudVision®
automation and analytics, and any cloud workflow, workload, and
workstream – is fully supported across all modes of operation.

Availability

Arista cEOS is available now for customer trials on selected third-party
hardware platforms. Arista cEOS running with Microsoft Software for Open
Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) will be demonstrated on March 8-9, 2017
at the Open
Compute Project (OCP) Summit in Santa Clara. Contact Arista for
further information and pricing.

About Arista Networks

Arista Networks was founded to pioneer and deliver software-driven cloud
networking solutions for large datacenter storage and computing
environments. Arista’s award-winning platforms, ranging in Ethernet
speeds from 10 to 100 gigabits per second, redefine scalability, agility
and resilience. Arista has shipped more than ten million cloud
networking ports worldwide with CloudVision and EOS, an advanced network
operating system. Committed to open standards, Arista is a founding
member of the 25/50GbE consortium. Arista Networks products are
available worldwide directly and through partners.

ARISTA, EOS, cEOS and CloudVision are among the registered and
unregistered trademarks of Arista Networks, Inc. in jurisdictions around
the world. Other company names or product names may be trademarks of
their respective owners. Additional information and resources can be
found at www.arista.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements including, but
not limited to, statements regarding performance. All statements other
than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results
to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking
statements including: our limited operating history and experience with
developing and releasing new products; product, support or service
quality problems; rapidly evolving changes in technology, customer
requirements and industry standards as well as other risks stated in our
filings with the SEC available on Arista's website at www.arista.com
and the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Arista disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statement to reflect events that occur or circumstances
that exist after the date on which they were made.

Supporting Quotes:

Broadcom

“As the volume leader in merchant silicon switch-on-chip platforms, we
are enthusiastic about this new direction in containerized network
operating systems,” said Ram Velaga, Senior Vice President & General
Manager, Switch Products Division at Broadcom. “We believe that the
confluence of container workflows and DevOps and open networking will
lead to broader adoption of our networking products.”

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